The History of American Higher Education : : Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II / / Roger L. Geiger.
This book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II. The most in-depth and authoritative history of the subject available, The History of American Higher Education traces how colleges and universities were shap...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William G. Bowen Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 1 table. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue: Universities, Culture, Careers, and Knowledge
- 1.The First Century of the American College, 1636 -1740
- 2. Colonial Colleges, 1740 -1780
- 3. Republican Universities
- 4. The Low State of the Colleges, 1800 -1820
- 5. Renaissance of the Colleges, 1820 -1840
- 6. Regional Divergence and Scientific Advancement, 1840-1860
- 7. Land Grant Colleges and the Practical Arts
- 8. The Creation of American Universities
- 9. The Collegiate Revolution
- 10. Mass Higher Education, 1915 -1940
- 11. The Standard American University
- 12. Culture, Careers, and Knowledge
- Index